Tag Archives: Vatican II

GUEST POST: “No more terrible Latin.”

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
I regularly use a limited amount of Latin in the OF at weekend Masses. Most parishioners really appreciate it, but after catechesis and so on a few just won’t give up their protest.
Last Sunday I preached on Otranto … Continue reading →

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Fr. Scalon on the unfinished business of Vatican II

Posted on 23 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Homiletic and Pastoral Review there is a good article by Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFMCap.  Let’s see the first part, with my emphases:
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the Church in the United States is in … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI on Vatican II: Council of the Fathers v. Council of the Media

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today during his annual meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, of which Benedict is still the Bishop, the Holy Father spoke about the Second Vatican Council.  Not my translation, but my emphases and comments:
[T]here was the Council … Continue reading →

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Tough talk about the Second Vatican Council – not pretty

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sandro Magister has an intriguing piece today about the Second Vatican Council and the possibility of reconciliation of the SSPX.
It might upset some people.
I think that some parts make sense.
A few bits from the larger piece…
The Impossible “Road Map” of … Continue reading →

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A priest on what really freaks out liberals

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the blog Southern Orders, Fr. Allan McDonald had a few things to say about liberals and Vatican II and what freaks them out.
Here is a taste with my emphases and comments:
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The progressive, liberal element of the Church since Vatican … Continue reading →

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John XXIII 50 years ago: St. Joseph added to the Roman Canon

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“Something will be done for St. Joseph.”
Thus, John XXIII.
Did you know that a title for St. Joseph is “Terror of Demons”?
I’ve been rereading The Rhine Flows Into The Tiber, about the inner workings of the Second Vatican Council.   Just … Continue reading →

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Selective readings, ruptures in ritual, artificial impositions, reclaiming continuity

Posted on 5 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

CNA/EWTN had a piece about the pilgrimage to Rome in thanksgiving for Summorum Pontificum.  The undersigned was happy to be quoted.
Pilgrims arrive in Rome to celebrate Latin Mass permission
By Matthew A. Rarey
Vatican City, Nov 2, 2012 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN … Continue reading →

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Card.Cañizares: “It is normal to use the 1962 Missal.”

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider:
Cardinal Cañizares explains why he agreed to preside over [not just "preside over"] Saturday’s mass for faithful from the “Una cum Papa nostro” pilgrimage, in St. Peter’s Basilica
ANDREA TORNIELLI
“I gladly accepted to celebrate next Saturday’s … Continue reading →

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“straight and narrow is the path” … of the New Evangelization

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Check out this video from CNS (I am still surprised to write those words).
Ralph Martin talks about our post-Counciliar context which the New Evangelization is supposed to address.

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Tablet: “Don’t let anyone tell you the Council didn’t change much!”

Posted on 20 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Pill… aka The Tablet… does it again!
On 5 October the American journalist Robert Kaiser, who covered the Council for Time magazine, gave an address for the annual evening of self-affirmation and pre-Conciliar Church bashing for the liberal London Catholic bien-pensant.
Yes, … Continue reading →

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